J.A.P.A.N.E.S.E L.E.S.S.O.N.S
So, you want to know Japanese? I hope i'll
be of some help then! All will be written in Romaji, the
Japanese form of having Japanese words in English!
::Numbers::
Counting in Japanese, in numbers is easy!
They snap together. (Note: Notice 4 and 7 have the secondary
words, you use the secondary words in different siuations,
for example naming floors in a building, you would use floor
YON(4))
1 - Ichi
2 - Ni
3 - San
4 - Shi(Yon)
5 - Go
6 - Roku
7 - Shichi(Nana)
8 - Hachi
9 - Ku
10 - Juu
The rest snap together, for example...
11 - Juu ichi (10 + 1 = 11)
12 - Juu ni (10 + 2 = 12)
You get the idea, let's skip ahead a little...
20 - Ni Juu (20 but you can see how it forms)
23 - Ni-Juu-san (3 words represent, 2-0, 3)
54 - Go-Juu-yon (5-0, 4)
This is the best i can explain it, if it's still unclear,
just note me!
Other:
100 - Hyaku
154 - Hyaku-go-juu-yon
1000 - Sen
1154 - Sen-Hyaku-go-juu-yon
::Questions::
Here are 6 important words that you need to
know in Japanese.
Dare (Prenounced, dah-ray):
Who
Dare desu ka? Who is it?
Nan/Nani (Prenounced, nahn/nah-nee):
What
Nan/Nani desu ka? What is it?
Doko (Prenounced, doh-koh):
Where
Hon wa doko ni arimasu ka? Where is the book?
Itsu (Prenounced, eetsoo):
When
Tanjoubi wa itsu desu ka? When is your
Birthday?
Doushite (Prenounced,
doh-shtay): Why
Doushite sushi ga suki desu ka? Why do you
like Sushi?
Ikura (Prenounced, eekoorah):
How Much
Kore wa ikura desu ka? How much is this?
::Colors::
Here are some colors from the Japanese
language. Alot of the Japanese color's names are taken from
the english names.
Red - Aka(i)
Blue - Ao(i)
Green - Midori (Also, the
english word, "green" is used nowadays)
Black - Kuro(i)
White - Shiro(i) (Also
known as Haku)
Yellow - Kiro(i)
Orange - Orenji
Violet - Fuji
Pink - Momo (Old word
for "Peach", they use "Pink" nowadays)
Grey - Ha (Old word for
"Grey", now they use "Grey")
::Months::
Japanese months are easy if you can count to
12! The months are just a number (in order of the month, for
example - ichi(1) is january, because it's the first month)
followed by "Gatsu" (The kanji for moon is same for "Gatsu")
Ichi Gatsu - January
Ni gatsu - February
San gatsu - March
Shi gatsu - April
Go gatsu - May
Roku gatsu - June
Shichi gatsu - July
Hachi gatsu - August
Ku gatsu - September
Juu gatsu - October
Juu-Ichi gatsu - November
Juu-ni gatsu - December
::Days::
Japanese days of the week are an elemental
name then by the word "Youbi"
Sunday - Nichiyoubi
- Sun
Monday - Getsuyoubi - Moon
Tuesday - Kayoubi - Fire
Wednesday - Suiyoubi - Water
Thursday - Mokuyoubi - Wood
Friday - Kinyoubi - Gold
Saturday - Doyoubi - Earth
::Other::
Random words
[] - Square brackets =
Prenounciation
Baka [Bah-kah] - Idiot/Stupid etc..
Kawaii [kah-why-ee] - Cute
Gomen (Nasai) [Go-men,nah-sye] - Sorry (Nasai for
politeness)
Ohayo(u) [Oh-hi-yo] (Gozaimasu) - Morning (Gozaimasu
[Go-zye-mass]For Politness)
Konnichiwa [Ko-ni-chee-wah] - Hello(Evening)
Konbanwa [Kone-ban-wah] - Hello (Near night time, i
think, lol)
(O-)Genki desu [Dess] ka? - (O - Politness)How are
you?
Genki desu [Dess] - I'm fine
Anata wa? [Anah-tah-wah] - And you?
Arigatou [Aree-gah-toe] (Gozaimasu) - Thankyou (Gozaimasu
[Go-zye-mass] For Politness)
Sayounara! [Say-yo-nah-rah] - Goodbye!
Mata ne! [Mah-tah-nae] - See ya later!
Mata je! [Mah-tah-jae] - See you tommorow!
::Name Extensions::
Someone's name is often followed by an
extension(E.g: Chan, san, etc) to show respect, one thing
though; never adress yourself with an extension, 'cus it's
like showing respect to yourself - and doing that is rather
rude don't you think? ^_^ Sorry about the corny examples!
San - Often used for someone who is in the same
posistion as yourself (Example: 2 school boys in the same
class)
Chan - Often adressed to young girls, or a young-ish
animal or toy even! (Example: I have a toy bear, teddy-chan)
Kun - Often adressed to young boy or lower rank
person (Example: I am a manager in a store, bob-kun works
for me)
Sama - Used for higher rank, or someone you respect
ALOT (Example: My manager is called Steve-sama)
More to come - Sister, brother, uncle etc....
Notes
There is never an L in Japanese.
There is never a V in Japanese.
The L is almost always switched for an R.
The V is almost always switched with a B.
Any words ending in U are silent (most of the time, eg: desu
prenounced dess).
